Pilbara Community Legal Service – Housing Support

The housing support service supports and  assists clients to obtain secure, stable, and long term accommodation. Working closely with other services such as Department of Communities, the housing support service focuses on educating clients so they have the skills and knowledge to sustain and maintain their long term tenancy.
 
The housing support service is located in Karratha, Roebourne, South Hedland and Newman. The service focuses on 3 key strategies:
• Breaking the cycle of homelessness to help people get back on their feet, find stable accommodation and obtain employment;
• A better connected service system that will build more connected, integrated and responsive services that strive to achieve; and
• Sustainable housing, and improve economic and social participation of those at risk of homelessness.
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Wirraka Maya Health Service Aboriginal Corporation – Social and Emotional Wellbeing Programs

WMHSAC offers comprehensive counselling services and provides mental health and life determining services to the local and surrounding communities. WMHSAC seeks to provide or teach our clients with quality care and services to reduce stress, anxiety and depression while reinforcing effective coping skills, inner strength and over sense of well-being. 
 
Programs include:
  • Transition to Adulthood
  • Women’s and Men’s Group
  • National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS)
  • Counselling services
  • Health Promotion
  • Community Support
  • Tacking Indigenous Smoking
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Integrated Primary Mental Health Care (IPMHC)

Mission Australia delivers the Integrated Primary Mental Health Care (IPMHC) service across the Pilbara to people who are experiencing psychological distress, depression, anxiety and other symptoms of distress. A priority of this service is to deliver culturally secure support; Mission Australia subcontracts services to Bloodwood Tree for culturally appropriate services to Aboriginal people. The IPMHC provides brief intervention, counselling and case coordination. Individuals can be referred through General Practitioners and other Health Care Providers – self referrals are also accepted.
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Pilbara Aged Care Assessment Team

The Pilbara Aged Care Assesment Team is a team of medical, nursing and allied health professionals who assess the physical, psychological, medical, restorative, cultural and social needs of frail older people and help them and their carers to access appropriate levels of support.
 
Based in South Hedland and services Karratha.
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East Pilbara Family and Domestic Violence Coordinated Response

Pilbara Family & Domestic Violence Coordinated Response Service (CRS) assists victims of family and domestic violence who have had police attend an incident of family violence, which has resulted in a domestic violence incident report (DVIR). The CRS works alongside Western Australian Police, Child Protection and Family Support, and Department of Corrective Services, offering support to people at high risk of violence to build their safety, away from further abuse.
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Youth Involvement Council – Youth Centre

The YIC Youth Centre is a drop in centre that offers a range of recreation, diversion, education and sporting activities to all youth aged 12 – 17.

?Skilled youth workers are available to provide case management support to individual young people who wish to improve their future pathways.

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Youth Involvement Council – Mungka Maya

Mungka Maya is YICs specialty space currently offering a range of programs and workshops throughout the year such as Mindfulness & Meditation, Rock & Water and Chill Skills to all youth aged from 5 – 17 years.

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Youth Involvement Council – Youth Accommodation Program

The Youth Accommodation Program (YAP) is a 24 hour crisis service that includes case management support to youths aged 15-25 who are referred as homeless or at risk of homelessness.

Residential Coordinators and Youth Workers work together with the young people to find safe accommodation or be reconciled back to their families or even to generate support plans that help build up their life skills and improve their pathways to a safe home through either secondary education, employment or training.

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Youth Involvement Council – Deadly Hearts

The Deadly Hearts offers a range of recreation, diversion, education and sporting activities to all youth aged 5 – 11.

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Yaadina Community Services – Turner River Rehabilitation Facility

Yaandina’s Turner River Rehabilitation Centre is a 24-bed facility that uses the Therapeutic Community (TC) model for treatment and addiction recovery that includes mental and physical healing. This centre provides a facility in the Pilbara that allows individuals who have successfully completed a detoxification process from drugs and/or alcohol to recover from their addictions. Turner River is certified against the Standards for Therapeutic Communities in a Residential Care setting and also certified against the Standards for Culturally Secure practice.

The centre is open 24 hours – 365 days a years and families are able to visit following a settling in period. Accessing the service – a referral accompanied by a medical assessment is required to access Turner River. Referrals could be from self, community drug and alcohol services, mental health services, other community agencies.

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WorkPac Group

When you register with WorkPac you can enjoy:

  • Industry specialised recruitment consultants
  • Safety assured working environments
  • Career and training advice
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Wirraka Maya Health Service Aboriginal Corporation

An Aboriginal health care service designed to ensure their client’s journey through the health system meets their medical, health, social and cultural needs. Includes medical services for Aboriginal people and a wellbeing centre. WMHSAC is a bulk-billing service. Services include:

  • Maternal and Child Health
  • Immunisations
  • Child Health Checks
  • GP Consultations
  • Chronic Disease Program
  • Adult health checks
  • Adult immunisations
  • Cycle of care plans
  • Chronic disease education
  • Pharmacy
  • Sexual Health Screening and Treatment
  • Dietitian
  • Dentist – (for WMHSAC patients that satisfy the Centrelink Health Care Card eligibility criteria)
  • Podiatrist (Foot care) (By appointment only)
  • Paediatrician
  • Optometrist (Eye clinic) (By appointment only)
  • Patient Assisted Travel Scheme
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Stellan Family Law

Stellan Family Law practises in the following areas of law:
 
• Children’s issues including Relocation and Recovery Orders
• Property and financial matters
• Divorce
• Violence restraining orders
• Wills and Estates
 
Consultations can also be conducted by video-link and telephone. You may schedule consultations and meetings at times that suit you, including after hours and on weekends.
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St John Ambulance Service Port Hedland

St John Ambulance is responsible for receiving all State-wide emergency triple zero (000) calls requiring ambulance attendance.

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South Hedland Police

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South Hedland Pilabara Community Legal Service – Financial Counselling

The Financial Counselling service is offered to both high and low income earners. It services to the people of the Pilbara from all four of our offices in Karratha, Roebourne, Hedland and Newman.

It is non-judgmental, confidential and free. Information, support and advocacy is provided to assist clients to address identified financial problems and manage financial situations more effectively.

PLCS Financial Counsellor’s assist with:

  • Helping to manage debts (rent, water, power, car loans etc.)
  • Mortgage Issues and negotiation due to financial hardship
  • Disputes with Creditors
  • Budget plans to assist with managing money more effectively
  • Information on consumer rights and obligations
  • Information on bankruptcy
  •  Accessing superannuation for hardship relief
  • Government agency assistance (Centrelink, Housing Authority etc.)
  • Information on concession and rebate entitlements
  • Referrals to government or non-government services
  • Mortgage Issues and negotiation due to financial hardship
  • Disputes with Creditors
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Pilbara Community Legal – Keeping Women Safe Program

Keeping women safe program (KWS) is an early intervention and prevention strategy aimed to help women and their children from becoming homeless and improve safety following family and domestic violence (FDV). The program helps women to stay in their home or a home of their choosing, when it is safe an appropriate to do so.

KWS assesses the safety and support needs of women and children through risk assessments, safety planning, home security audits and upgrades, and case management. In accordance with the multi-agency FDV approach, the PCLS Domestic Violence and KWS service work closely with the WA Police and Department of Child Protection and Family Support to reduce or manage the risk posed by the perpetrator and ensure women receive a coordinated response.

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Sonic Health Plus Port Hedland

Provides a range of general practitioner services in Port Hedland Specialising in diabetes diagnoses and management, immunisations, injury management, women’s health, men’s health, and skin checks; services extend to a psychologist appointments available (by referral).

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South Hedland Child and Parent Centre

The Child and Parent Centre – South Hedland is a welcoming place for all families. They cater for children from birth to eight years old. Services and programs currently available at and through the Child and Parent Centre are child health services, healthy eating workshops, early learning program, supported and universal and targeted daily playgroups, parenting information and support and referrals to other support services.

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Relationship Australia – Counselling

Provides face to face and phone (in certain cases) counselling services for individuals, couples, families, and children.

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